A Round-Up Of Some Of The Ukip Sleaze over the last few days, In The Mail.

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Hi,

yet more from the un-professional debacle of Ukip which would seem to be an ongoing train wreck, that out of lack of competent leadership, sound management, clear delegation and a well structured organisation would seem to be not only inevitable but exactly as this blog has warned year in year out.

Ukip’s problems are compounded by the utterly inept press office which has for so many years been used as Nigel farage’s personal smear squad with little or no raport or understanding of the media and a track record of inability to build contacts who can trust them and will publish good news or achievements of Ukip – all be it Ukip has achieved almost nothing for their members or these United Kingdoms that could be termed ‘good’, much beyond feathering their own nests and increasing their personal incomes on the gravy train!

But Mr Farage last night refused to sack Mr Smith. A well-placed Ukip official said: ‘Kerry wants to make a full apology and is hoping it all blows over.’

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Kerry Smith (left) was recorded making a series of astonishing comments including a baseless claim Nigel Farage (right) had accepted ‘a nice fat envelope’ for promoting a Ukip ally

EXCLUSIVE: Leaked phone calls expose rants of Ukip man

In a desperate attempt to avoid being fired, Mr Smith has made a grovelling apology and withdrawn his corruption claim.

In a statement made on Smith’s behalf by Farage’s official spokesman, Smith said: ‘I wish to issue a wholehearted and unreserved apology to those who I have offended within the party and anyone else.’

Smith also retracted his claim that Nigel Farage had accepted a ‘nice fat envelope’ for promoting Ukip immigration spokesman Steve Woolf over his rival, Euro MP David Coburn, in the 2012 London Assembly elections.

The Mail on Sunday understands there is no truth in the allegations and that neither Mr Farage nor Mr Woolf did anything wrong. The false claim was due to a ‘misunderstanding,’ said Smith.

He added: ‘With regards to the leadership and management of the party I was completely wrong and my comments were fuelled by frustrations.’

The homophobic comments by Smith refer to a Ukip gay group called LGBTQ. The ‘Q’ added to the usual LGBT initials stands for ‘Queer/Questioning.’

The disclosure of the tape recording is the latest outbreak of vicious infighting in Ukip.

Smith was sacked as Ukip candidate for Basildon South and East Thurrock earlier this year and right wing former Tory MP Neil Hamilton was a hot favourite to be chosen to replace him last week.

With Ukip support rising fast, the party has high hopes of winning Basildon South.

Mr Smith was last week announced as the candidate chosen to replace Neil Hamilton (pictured) for the seat of Basildon South in Essex

But in a shock last minute move, Smith, leader of the Labour group was reinstated.

Hamilton was forced to pull out after damaging information about his expenses claims were leaked by Ukip enemies.

Ukip insiders say Farage was determined to stop Hamilton because of his controversial past in the notorious ‘cash for questions’ scandal in the 1990s.

Hamilton’s allies claim Farage is ‘jealous’ of him and fears if Hamilton became MP for Basildon South and Farage fails to win in Thanet South across the Thames Estuary, Hamilton would be the party’s most high profile politician.

Some Ukip insiders say the decision to deselect Smith as Basildon South candidate earlier this year came after a copy of the recording was sent to party HQ. ‘Farage’s people heard it and that is why Kerry was booted out,’ said one insider.

‘They were panicked into reinstating him because they were more worried about Hamilton getting the seat.

‘They gambled that the tape wouldn’t be leaked. Now it has. It serves them right.

‘We cannot have grubby people like Kerry in the party, let alone standing for Parliament.’

Hamilton was on a list of five candidates in the running to become Ukip’s candidate for South Basildon.

He claimed he was the victim of a ‘dirty tricks’ campaign when a letter challenging claims for staying in his wife’s flat was leaked to the media just hours before the selection.

His withdrawal triggered a toxic row after the party’s second largest donor, Stuart Wheeler, reportedly threatened to cut off funds unless Hamilton was picked as a candidate for next year’s General Election.

It led to a furious reaction from Ukip’s treasurer, Andrew Reid, who said: ‘Nobody gets to buy a seat for someone else in Ukip.’

It led to a furious reaction from Ukip’s treasurer, Andrew Reid, who said: ‘Nobody gets to buy a seat for someone else in Ukip.’

Fascinating in the light of the irrefutable fact that during the selection process sor Ukip MEP candidates they were all forced to buy their entry for a fee of at least £500 and to go forward from the short list they had to pay more to buy the right to be considered.

It was also clearly shown to be the belief of members and the media that to expect to be put in a position likely to be elected would seem to have had a fairly high cost to buy the place – be that in the region of £10,000 as with jill Seymour’s investment in a conference/rally at Telford and the same again hiring The Belfast for a Ukip party – or in the case of patrick O’Flynn he clearly prostituted his right to be considered a serious journalist having sold out by publishing efforts to spin good stories about Ukip in The Express without informing his readers that he intended, at the last minute, tojoin Ukip as their lead candidate and a near certain MEP seat in return for his efforts!

So perhaps Andrew Reid is right no one can buy a seat in Ukip for someone else (they have to buy their own) – is this why Stuart Wheeler is miffed and threatening to withdraw his cash as he can’t buy a seat for the undeniably corrupt self publicist Neil Hamilton – nor the leadership, he is believed to have promised to Douglas Carswell in return for his defection from the Tories!

May I also remind readers that there has been much publicity in the last few days that it would seem to be possible for women of a certain disposition to purchase their place from the Ukip executive Roger Bird in return for sexual favours – one wonders which of Ukip’s women in office gained their ‘positions’ thus be it with Roger Bird, Nigel Farage or others in positions of power in the party!

Let us also, whilst considering the comments of Andrew Reid take the liberty of pointing out that Andrew Reid is a lawyer, supposedly with an ability to choose his words well to influence and also from time to time sits as a judge in The Family Courts so his relationship with Justice must be considered somewhat febrile as the Families Courts have a reputation for obscene damage to families and functioning in secret with the ability and track record, all too often, of abusing vulnerable families in service of dubious social service interference.

Courts well suited to corrupting due process and justice and participating in cover-ups and failure to act impartially with wisdom. Courts as imperious as the Diplock courts of Northern Ireland and as hated in the community they claim to serve.

Well suited to the underhand style and despotic nature of Ukip’s leadership then, it would seem!

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